Here's why you should consider Derrick Henry as the first overall pick in your 2020 fantasy football drafts

Saying Derrick Henry should go early in fantasy drafts isn’t exactly one of my hotter takes, but I’m here to argue he deserves stronger consideration for the No. 1 overall pick than most are giving him.

In 12 games after Ryan Tannehill took over at QB, Henry totaled 1,695 yards with 15 touchdowns while playing through a legitimate lower leg injury and a final stretch of four straight road games (Henry got 5.6 YPC at home).

Henry scored 16 touchdowns last year (a 20-TD season’s pace after Tannehill took over) despite somehow not being among the dozen leaders in goal-line carries (after finishing third the season before), so there’s legit 25-touchdown upside given his ability combined with his situation.

While the Colts’ defense looks much improved, it should be highly beneficial facing the Jaguars and Texans 25% of the schedule. And while fully acknowledging it’s a reshuffle league that changes a great deal year-to-year, the final 13 weeks of Tennessee’s 2020 schedule features just one team that didn’t rank in the bottom-half in run defense DVOA last season (and none in the top-12).